A Preston man is happily hunting for a new home after finally believing his TattsLotto division one win on the weekend is real.
The ecstatic winner in his 50s held one of the 10 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4201, drawn Saturday 23 October 2021. Each division one winning entry landed $621,262.72.
In addition to winning division one, his marked System 9 entry also scored division two 6 times, division three 12 times, division four 45 times and division five 20 times, bolstering his total prize to $681,292.97.
So far this year, there have been 29 division one wins in Melbourne’s northern suburbs collectively worth more than $29.48 million
“Woohoo!” the winner exclaimed when his prize was confirmed by an official from The Lott.
“I’ve got this habit on a Sunday morning when I wake up to log in and see if I’ve won anything. I saw it said ‘win’, but then I thought, ‘no, that’s not right. That’s crazy!’.
“I think I’ve logged in 50 times or more – just to see if it’s real. I keep thinking I’ll log in, and this time it will have disappeared. It’s funny how your brain plays games on you. You just keep thinking, ‘it can’t happen to you’.
“But it has! And I’m very happy.
“I usually play my special numbers, which revolve around dates, birthdates and ages. I started playing these about two years ago.
“This will be a great help and I’ll be buying a house.”
The thrilled man’s winning marked System 9 entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4201 on 23 October 2021 were 32, 16, 10, 9, 26 and 22, while the supplementary numbers were 38 and 17.
Across Australia, there were 10 division one winning entries in TattsLotto draw 4201 – four in New South Wales, three in Tasmania and one each in Victoria, South Australia and Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 376 so far this calendar year, including 139 won by Tatts customers.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2021, Saturday Lotto created 174 millionaires across Australia.
During this time, there were 341 division one winning in Saturday Lotto entries across Australia, which collectively won more than $435.21 million.